djkeenan

sworkscooper wrote:

Well I think that you might have diagnosed the problem and it really does not need a speculative answer to A or B.

In this rather odd case I do need a speculative answer. I've no money to maintain and would like to move it either to the scrap heap or another buyer.

I.e. if its A I've shorted it out (by linking the positive terminal to the purple/white wire) wire and the original issue is something else (and the fuel pump is an extra fix) then i'll scrap it.

If its B then its just a case of the fuel pump slowly dying then I'll get a replacement then I'll get it MOT'd. Then sold.

@Cobber The car has been run (for 30 minutes) every 2 weeks for the entire time its been stored until it fully died last month. It got progressively worse to the point where it would die when you tried to pull away but would happily idle. No stuttering or misfires for the duration. I've kept it on life support until the weather warmed up and now im trying to fix it.